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The world, to a great extent, is coming to know China through the chinaware it produced, and the country's por

Embroidery (cì xiù 刺绣), a folk art with a history of more than 3000 years, has an important position in the hi

China is the earliest country to have produced silk (sī chóu 丝绸). Silk is a symbol of the ancient culture of C

Ci (cí 词) is a kind of lyric Chinese poetry. For speakers of English, the word "ci" is pronounced somewhat lik

Yuefu Songs of the Han Dynasty History The word Yuefu (yuè fǔ 乐府) came first into being in Qin Dynasty (qín ch

最华丽的苗装要数台江施洞苗族女子的盛装，其以刺绣精，银饰多而著名。被称为绣衣的施洞苗衣，两袖和领、襟、两肩均有精美的刺绣图案，因其后背，前襟、袖口镶满錾花银片，银泡，银响铃等，又被称为银衣，是苗族服饰中的精品。 The

二十四节气的名称为：立春、雨水、惊蛰、春分、清明、谷雨、立夏、小满、芒种、夏至、小暑、大暑、立秋、处暑、白露、秋分、寒露、霜降、立冬、小雪、大雪、冬至、小寒、大寒。 The names of the 24 solar t

云南的彝族、白族、纳西族、哈尼族、傈僳族、拉祜族、普米族等少数民族都有共同的节日——火把节，但参加人数最多、规模最大、知名度最高的当数彝族火把节。火把节也是彝族人民最隆重的节日。 The ethnic minoritie

清明是我国的二十四节气之一。由于二十四节气比较客观地反映了一年四季气温、降雨、物候等方面的变化，所以古代劳动人民用它安排农事活动。《淮南子·天文训》云：“春分后十五日，斗指乙，则清明风至。”按《岁时百问》的说法：“万物生

Four Treasures of the Study (wén fáng sì bǎo 文房四宝 ) is an expression used to refer to the ink brush, inkstick,

Grand Song of the Dong Ethnic Group 侗族大歌 dòng zú dà gē A popular saying among the Dong people in Guizhou Provi

Portrait photos of a five-year-old girl in Han Chinese costume (汉服 hàn fú) hit the Internet recently. It is ob